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- From: vthrc@brolga.cc.uq.oz.au (Danny Thomas)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
- Subject: other SCSI boards? newcomer poses FAQ
- Keywords: scsi adaptek dat faq
- Message-ID: <vthrc.720948223@brolga>
- Date: 5 Nov 92 07:23:43 GMT
- Sender: news@bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au (USENET News System)
- Organization: Prentice Centre, University of Queensland
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- hello,
- We are thinking of setting up a 386BSD system for netnews, email, NFS,
- etc; ie primarily as a network server. Apart from whether the OS is stable
- enough for this role we also need to know whether the Adaptek local-bus SCSI
- controller would work. I had a brief look through agate.berkeley.edu
- including the unofficial FAQ and INSTALLATION.NOTES and they only mention
- the Adaptec 1542 and Seagate/Future Domain boards. I'm told the 1542 is
- quite expensive (A$600) but I've got no idea why this is so - our local
- clone dealer says that their local-bus SCSI controller, quite reasonably
- priced at A$195, is an Adaptek one though no model was mentioned. Apart from
- the price, the local-bus card should give better performance with a fast
- disk, Fujitsu 1G. Eventually we may end up with a commercial UN*X box which
- is why we want to invest in a SCSI disk that could be moved onto either a
- Mac or UN*X box.
- A related question is whether 386BSD can _easily_ use a DAT drive for
- backup (remember I'm a novice).
-
- The only netnews machine I have _convenient_ access to doesn't have this
- group, so I'd appreciate email copies of any reply postings.
-
- cheers,
- X500: @c=AU [I'm about to update VTHRC entries, soon...]
- @o=University of Queensland
- @ou=Physiology and Pharmacology Department
- @ou=Vision Touch and Hearing
- @cn=Danny Thomas
- @rfc822Mailbox=vthrc@cc.uq.oz.au
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